John Eager Howard

John Eager Howard (4 June 1752-12 October 1827) was a Governor of Maryland from 24 November 1788 to 14 November 1791 (succeeding William Smallwood and preceding George Plater) and a US Senator from 21 November 1796 to 3 March 1803 (succeeding Richard Potts and preceding Samuel Smith). He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
John Eager Howard was born in Baltimore County, Maryland in 1752, and he grew up in a slaveholding family. In 1777, he rose to the rank of colonel in the Maryland Line of the Continental Army, fighting at the Battle of White Plains, the Battle of Monmouth, the Battle of Cowpens, and the Battle of Eutaw Springs (in which he was wounded during a bayonet charge). In 1788, he was elected to Congress, and he served as Governor of Maryland from 1788 to 1791 and as a State Senator from 1791 to 1795. In 1796, he was appointed to finish Richard Potts' term in the US Senate, and he served until 1803. He died in 1827.